This book , Harbor by Lorraine Adams won the LA Times book award and you can see why [ISBN 1 84527 034 0] – its seriously deep and brilliantly written – and a powerful and sensitive social commentary on immigrant communities in the USA. It also looks into the nature of terrorism and motivation – it is fast paced and empathic – hard stuff to do.
This book , Harbor by Lorraine Adams won the LA Times book award and you can see why [ISBN 1 84527 034 0] – its seriously deep and brilliantly written – and a powerful and sensitive social commentary on immigrant communities in the USA. It also looks into the nature of terrorism and motivation – it is fast paced and empathic – hard stuff to do.
Aziz arrives in America from Algeria by jumping into Boston Harbor after stowing away on a tanker. With his feet burnt and his body in a terrible state and knowing no Emglish he is luckily found by an Egyptian who speaks Arabic. Aziz is then able to contact the one person he does know in America Rafik who lives with an American woman and several Algerians – all stuffed into a small apartment. Aziz’s brother gets a green card to emigrate into America and is able to work and get money to help keep them and Aziz manages to get casual work, but Rafik is engaged in something illegal. Aziz and his friend Ghazi go and look in Rafik’s lockup and conclude he is stealing stuff and using the lockup to keep the stuff in. But is he – or is something more serious going on. A tragic-comedy ensues as the story unfolds.
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